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Reptiles of Southern Downs local government area

Total number of species: 127

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Family Scientific Name Common Name Superseded NCA EPBC End. Wetland
Status
Elapidae Acanthophis antarcticus common death adder V QA
Elapidae Brachyurophis australis coral snake C QA
Elapidae Cacophis harriettae white-crowned snake C QA
Elapidae Cacophis krefftii dwarf crowned snake C QA
Elapidae Cacophis squamulosus golden crowned snake C QA
Elapidae Cryptophis nigrescens eastern small-eyed snake C QA
Elapidae Demansia psammophis yellow-faced whipsnake C QA
Elapidae Furina diadema red-naped snake C QA
Elapidae Hemiaspis signata black-bellied swamp snake C QA I
Elapidae Hoplocephalus bitorquatus pale-headed snake C QA
Elapidae Hoplocephalus stephensii Stephens' banded snake C QA
Elapidae Notechis scutatus eastern tiger snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudechis guttatus spotted black snake C QA
Elapidae Pseudechis porphyriacus red-bellied black snake C QA I
Elapidae Pseudonaja textilis eastern brown snake C QAI
Elapidae Suta dwyeri Dwyer's snake C QA
Elapidae Suta suta myall snake C QA
Elapidae Tropidechis carinatus rough-scaled snake C QA
Elapidae Vermicella annulata bandy-bandy C QA
Colubridae Boiga irregularis brown tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Dendrelaphis punctulatus green tree snake C QAI
Colubridae Tropidonophis mairii freshwater snake C QAI I
Boidae Antaresia maculosa spotted python C QA
Boidae Morelia spilota carpet python C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios ligatus robust blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios nigrescens blackish blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios proximus proximus blind snake C QA
Typhlopidae Anilios sp. C QAI
Typhlopidae Anilios wiedii brown-snouted blind snake C QA
Scincidae Acritoscincus platynotum red-throated skink C QA
Scincidae Anomalopus leuckartii two-clawed worm-skink C QA
Scincidae Anomalopus mackayi long-legged worm-skink E V QA
Scincidae Anomalopus verreauxii three-clawed worm-skink C QA
Scincidae Bellatorias frerei major skink C QAI
Scincidae Bellatorias major land mullet C QA
Scincidae Calyptotis scutirostrum scute-snouted calyptotis C QA
Scincidae Carlia munda shaded-litter rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis open-litter rainbow skink C Q
Scincidae Carlia pectoralis sensu lato Superseded C Q
Scincidae Carlia sp. C QAI
Scincidae Carlia tetradactyla southern rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Carlia vivax tussock rainbow-skink C QA
Scincidae Coeranoscincus reticulatus three-toed snake-tooth skink C V QA
Scincidae Concinnia brachysoma northern bar-sided skink C Q
Scincidae Concinnia martini dark bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Concinnia tenuis bar-sided skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus pulcher pulcher elegant snake-eyed skink C QA
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Cryptoblepharus virgatus sensu lato Superseded C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus eurydice brown-backed yellow-lined ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus regius pale-rumped ctenotus C QA
Scincidae Ctenotus sp. C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus spaldingi straight-browed ctenotus C QAI
Scincidae Ctenotus taeniolatus copper-tailed skink C QA
Scincidae Cyclodomorphus gerrardii pink-tongued lizard C QA
Scincidae Egernia cunninghami Cunningham's skink C QA
Scincidae Egernia mcpheei eastern crevice-skink C QA
Scincidae Egernia striolata tree skink C QA
Scincidae Eulamprus quoyii eastern water skink C QA
Scincidae Eulamprus sp. C QA
Scincidae Harrisoniascincus zia rainforest cool-skink V V QA
Scincidae Karma murrayi Murray's skink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis amicula friendly sunskink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis delicata dark-flecked garden sunskink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis guichenoti pale-flecked garden sunskink C QA
Scincidae Lampropholis sp. C QA
Scincidae Lerista fragilis eastern mulch slider C Q
Scincidae Lerista timida timid slider C QA
Scincidae Liopholis modesta eastern ranges rock-skink C QA
Scincidae Liopholis whitii White's skink C QA
Scincidae Lygisaurus foliorum tree-base litter-skink C QA
Scincidae Menetia greyii common dwarf skink C QA
Scincidae Morethia boulengeri south-eastern morethia skink C QA
Scincidae Morethia taeniopleura fire-tailed skink C Q
Scincidae Ophioscincus truncatus short-limbed snake-skink C QA
Scincidae Pygmaeascincus timlowi dwarf litter-skink C Q
Scincidae Saiphos equalis three-toed skink C QA
Scincidae Saproscincus challengeri orange-tailed shadeskink C QA
Scincidae Saproscincus rosei Rose's shadeskink C QA
Scincidae Saproscincus sp. C QA
Scincidae Saproscincus spectabilis pale-lipped shadeskink C QA
Scincidae Tiliqua scincoides scincoides eastern bluetongue C QA
Varanidae Varanus gouldii sand monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus panoptes yellow-spotted monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus sp. goanna C QAI
Varanidae Varanus tristis black-tailed monitor C QA
Varanidae Varanus varius lace monitor C QA
Agamidae Amphibolurus burnsi Burns's dragon C QA
Agamidae Amphibolurus muricatus jacky lizard C QA
Agamidae Amphibolurus sp. C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora australis tommy roundhead C QA
Agamidae Diporiphora nobbi nobbi C QA
Agamidae Intellagama lesueurii eastern water dragon C QA I
Agamidae Lophognathus gilberti sensu lato Gilbert's dragon Superseded C QA
Agamidae Lophosaurus spinipes southern angle-headed dragon C QA
Agamidae Pogona barbata bearded dragon C QA
Agamidae Tympanocryptis condaminensis Condamine earless dragon E E Q
Pygopodidae Delma inornata patternless delma C QA
Pygopodidae Delma plebeia common delma C QA
Pygopodidae Delma sp. C QA
Pygopodidae Delma tincta excitable delma C QA
Pygopodidae Delma torquata collared delma V V Q
Pygopodidae Lialis burtonis Burton's legless lizard C QAI
Pygopodidae Pygopus lepidopodus common scaly-foot C QA
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius swaini southern leaf-tailed gecko C QA
Carphodactylidae Saltuarius wyberba granite leaf-tailed gecko C QA
Carphodactylidae Uvidicolus sphyrurus border thick-tailed gecko C V QA
Diplodactylidae Amalosia jacovae clouded gecko C Q
Diplodactylidae Amalosia lesueurii Lesueur's velvet gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Amalosia rhombifer zig-zag gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus sp. C QA
Diplodactylidae Diplodactylus vittatus wood gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Nebulifera robusta robust velvet gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura marmorata sensu lato marbled velvet gecko Superseded C QA
Diplodactylidae Oedura tryoni southern spotted velvet gecko C QA
Diplodactylidae Strophurus williamsi soft-spined gecko C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra dubia dubious dtella C QA
Gekkonidae Gehyra sp. C QAI
Gekkonidae Gehyra versicolor C QA
Gekkonidae Heteronotia binoei Bynoe's gecko C QA
Chelidae Chelodina expansa broad-shelled river turtle C QA I
Chelidae Chelodina longicollis eastern snake-necked turtle C QA I
Chelidae Chelodina sp. C QAI
Chelidae Emydura macquarii macquarii Murray turtle C QA I
Chelidae Emydura sp. C QAI
Chelidae Wollumbinia belli Bell's turtle E E QA I
Chelidae Wollumbinia latisternum saw-shelled turtle C QA I

Note: Wildlife statistics are based on information that has been submitted to the DESI WildNet database and converted to a 10km² grid. The grid information has been intersected with the mapping polygons to determine the species lists. Click here to view the species grid metadata.

Information from WildNet can also be accessed via Wildlife Online and WetlandMaps.

Rare or threatened includes species listed as extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable or conservation dependent under either the Nature Conservation Act or Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act

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Legend

Nature Conservation Act
NCA - Status under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
EX : Extinct
PE : Extinct in the wild
CR : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
NT : Near threatened
C : Least concern
SL : Special least concern
I : International
P : Prohibited
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
EPBC - Status under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EX : Extinct
XW : Extinct in the wild
CE : Critically endangered
E : Endangered
V : Vulnerable
CD : Conservation dependent
End. - Endemicity
Q : Queensland endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland
QA : Intranational - naturally occurs in Queensland and interstate
QAI : Not endemic to Australia - naturally occurs in Queensland, interstate and overseas
QI : Regional endemic - naturally occurs in Queensland and overseas
VA : Vagrant (Intranational) - normally occurs interstate
VI : Vagrant (International) - normally occurs overseas
VU : Vagrant (Unknown)
IA : Introduced (Intranational) - naturalised from interstate
II : Introduced (International) - naturalised from overseas
IU : Introduced - unknown origin
U : Unknown endemicity - native
Wetland Status
I : Wetland indicator species


This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Reptiles of Southern Downs local government area, WetlandInfo website, accessed 13 May 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/facts-maps/wildlife/?AreaID=lga-southern-downs&Kingdom=animals&Class=reptiles

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